PFH1774198:
Thailand: Thai Buddhist ordination ceremony, Wat Rampoeng, Chiang Mai. Newly ordained monks are presented to and blessed by the abbot / Bridgeman Images
ID: PFH1774198
Thailand: Thai Buddhist ordination ceremony, Wat Rampoeng, Chiang Mai. Newly ordained monks are presented to and blessed by the abbot
PFH1774202:
Thailand: Thai Buddhist ordination ceremony, Wat Rampoeng, Chiang Mai. Newly ordained monks on their first almsround receive alms from well-wishers and family / Bridgeman Images
ID: PFH1774202
Thailand: Thai Buddhist ordination ceremony, Wat Rampoeng, Chiang Mai. Newly ordained monks on their first almsround receive alms from well-wishers and family
PFH1774211:
Thailand: Chinese graves in the grounds of Wat Chakkrawat, Bangkok / Bridgeman Images
ID: PFH1774211
Thailand: Chinese graves in the grounds of Wat Chakkrawat, Bangkok
PFH1774229:
Vietnam: A detail of the Van Mieu Gate, the front entrance to the Temple of Literature (Van Mieu), Hanoi / Bridgeman Images
ID: PFH1774229
Vietnam: A detail of the Van Mieu Gate, the front entrance to the Temple of Literature (Van Mieu), Hanoi
PFH1774234:
Vietnam: A dragon adorns a door in the Dai Thanh Mon (Gate of the Great Synthesis) leading to the fourth courtyard and the House of Ceremonies in the Temple of Literature (Van Mieu), Hanoi / Bridgeman Images
ID: PFH1774234
Vietnam: A dragon adorns a door in the Dai Thanh Mon (Gate of the Great Synthesis) leading to the fourth courtyard and the House of Ceremonies in the Temple of Literature (Van Mieu), Hanoi
PFH1774240:
Vietnam: A crane on top of the Altar to Confucius, Great House of Ceremonies, Temple of Literature (Van Mieu), Hanoi / Bridgeman Images
ID: PFH1774240
Vietnam: A crane on top of the Altar to Confucius, Great House of Ceremonies, Temple of Literature (Van Mieu), Hanoi
PFH1774243:
Vietnam: Painted lacquer dragon on a pillar in Van Mieu (the Temple of Literature), Hanoi / Bridgeman Images
ID: PFH1774243
Vietnam: Painted lacquer dragon on a pillar in Van Mieu (the Temple of Literature), Hanoi
PFH1774262:
Burma / Myanmar: Shrine roofs within the Shwedagon Pagoda complex, Yangon (Rangoon) / Bridgeman Images
ID: PFH1774262
Burma / Myanmar: Shrine roofs within the Shwedagon Pagoda complex, Yangon (Rangoon)
PFH1774263:
Burma / Myanmar: Standing Buddha image at the east side of the Shwezigon Pagoda, Bagan (Pagan) Ancient City / Bridgeman Images
ID: PFH1774263
Burma / Myanmar: Standing Buddha image at the east side of the Shwezigon Pagoda, Bagan (Pagan) Ancient City
PFH1774265:
Burma / Myanmar: Prince Siddhartha Gautama leaving the palace on horseback and eventually becoming 'the enlightened one' or simply the Buddha, Shwezigon Pagoda, Bagan (Pagan) Ancient City / Bridgeman Images
ID: PFH1774265
Burma / Myanmar: Prince Siddhartha Gautama leaving the palace on horseback and eventually becoming 'the enlightened one' or simply the Buddha, Shwezigon Pagoda, Bagan (Pagan) Ancient City
PFH1774266:
Burma / Myanmar: Prince Siddhartha Gautama before leaving the palace and eventually becoming 'the enlightened one' or simply the Buddha, Shwezigon Pagoda, Bagan (Pagan) Ancient City / Bridgeman Images
ID: PFH1774266
Burma / Myanmar: Prince Siddhartha Gautama before leaving the palace and eventually becoming 'the enlightened one' or simply the Buddha, Shwezigon Pagoda, Bagan (Pagan) Ancient City
PFH1774267:
Burma / Myanmar: Buddha sculpture in the lower tier of the interior gallery, Ananda Temple, Bagan (Pagan) Ancient City / Bridgeman Images
ID: PFH1774267
Burma / Myanmar: Buddha sculpture in the lower tier of the interior gallery, Ananda Temple, Bagan (Pagan) Ancient City
PFH1774273:
Nepal: Sadhu (Holy Man) wearing rudraksha (seeds used for prayer beads in Hinduism) around his neck and as a hat, Pashupatinath, Kathmandu / Bridgeman Images
ID: PFH1774273
Nepal: Sadhu (Holy Man) wearing rudraksha (seeds used for prayer beads in Hinduism) around his neck and as a hat, Pashupatinath, Kathmandu
PFH1774285:
Burma / Myanmar: Elaborate woodcarving showing a scene from a Burmese folk tale in a pavilion at the Shwezigon Pagoda, Bagan (Pagan) Ancient City / Bridgeman Images
ID: PFH1774285
Burma / Myanmar: Elaborate woodcarving showing a scene from a Burmese folk tale in a pavilion at the Shwezigon Pagoda, Bagan (Pagan) Ancient City
PFH1774286:
Burma / Myanmar: Elaborate woodcarving showing a scene from a Burmese folk tale in a pavilion at the Shwezigon Pagoda, Bagan (Pagan) Ancient City / Bridgeman Images
ID: PFH1774286
Burma / Myanmar: Elaborate woodcarving showing a scene from a Burmese folk tale in a pavilion at the Shwezigon Pagoda, Bagan (Pagan) Ancient City
PFH1774318:
USA: Edwin Howard Armstrong (1890-1954), electrical engineer and radio inventor / Bridgeman Images
ID: PFH1774318
USA: Edwin Howard Armstrong (1890-1954), electrical engineer and radio inventor
PFH1774323:
Laos: Doors at Wat Pa Khe, Luang Prabang, depicting Dutch merchants at the time the Dutch East India Company (VOC) and Gerritt van Wuysthoff (1641) made formal trade contacts with the Kingdom of Lan Xang / Bridgeman Images
ID: PFH1774323
Laos: Doors at Wat Pa Khe, Luang Prabang, depicting Dutch merchants at the time the Dutch East India Company (VOC) and Gerritt van Wuysthoff (1641) made formal trade contacts with the Kingdom of Lan Xang
PFH1774325:
Laos: Doors at Wat Pa Khe, Luang Prabang, depicting guardians blowing conch shells and standing on a deer (left) and a tiger (right), a scene from the Hindu epic Ramayana (in Laos known as Phra Lak Phra Lam) / Bridgeman Images
ID: PFH1774325
Laos: Doors at Wat Pa Khe, Luang Prabang, depicting guardians blowing conch shells and standing on a deer (left) and a tiger (right), a scene from the Hindu epic Ramayana (in Laos known as Phra Lak Phra Lam)
Nepal: Sadhu (Holy Man) near Durbar Square, Kathmandu
PFH1774330:
Taiwan: Lanterns in front of the Tianhou (Empress of Heaven) Temple, Chichin Island, Kaohsiung. The temple is dedicated to Matsu (Mazu) the protector of sailors and fishermen / Bridgeman Images
ID: PFH1774330
Taiwan: Lanterns in front of the Tianhou (Empress of Heaven) Temple, Chichin Island, Kaohsiung. The temple is dedicated to Matsu (Mazu) the protector of sailors and fishermen
PFH1774331:
Taiwan: Detail of interior of the Tianhou (Empress of Heaven) Temple, Chichin Island, Kaohsiung. The temple is dedicated to Matsu (Mazu) the protector of sailors and fishermen / Bridgeman Images
ID: PFH1774331
Taiwan: Detail of interior of the Tianhou (Empress of Heaven) Temple, Chichin Island, Kaohsiung. The temple is dedicated to Matsu (Mazu) the protector of sailors and fishermen
PFH1774347:
India: Potti Sreeramulu (1901-1952), Indian revolutionary, nationalist and supporter of the establishment of Andhra State (1953). Commemorative poster / Bridgeman Images
ID: PFH1774347
India: Potti Sreeramulu (1901-1952), Indian revolutionary, nationalist and supporter of the establishment of Andhra State (1953). Commemorative poster
PFH1774354:
India: First Lok Sabha general election, Delhi, January 1952. A polling official applies an indelible ink mark to the forefinger of a voter indicating she has voted / Bridgeman Images
ID: PFH1774354
India: First Lok Sabha general election, Delhi, January 1952. A polling official applies an indelible ink mark to the forefinger of a voter indicating she has voted
PFH1774357:
India: First Lok Sabha general election, Delhi, January 1952. A crowd queuing to vote at Delhi town hall / Bridgeman Images
ID: PFH1774357
India: First Lok Sabha general election, Delhi, January 1952. A crowd queuing to vote at Delhi town hall
PFH1774362:
Burma / Myanmar: Ogre detail on the outer wall of the Sulamani Temple (12th century), Bagan (Pagan) Ancient City / Bridgeman Images
ID: PFH1774362
Burma / Myanmar: Ogre detail on the outer wall of the Sulamani Temple (12th century), Bagan (Pagan) Ancient City
PFH1774366:
Burma / Myanmar: Buddha, Sulamani Temple (12th century), Bagan (Pagan) Ancient City / Bridgeman Images
ID: PFH1774366
Burma / Myanmar: Buddha, Sulamani Temple (12th century), Bagan (Pagan) Ancient City
PFH1774374:
Burma / Myanmar: One of the many hundreds of stupas at the Shwe Indein Pagoda covered by tree roots, Indein, near Ywama, Inle Lake, Shan State / Bridgeman Images
ID: PFH1774374
Burma / Myanmar: One of the many hundreds of stupas at the Shwe Indein Pagoda covered by tree roots, Indein, near Ywama, Inle Lake, Shan State
PFH1774378:
Burma / Myanmar: Deva (deity or angel) statue adorning one of the many hundreds of stupas at the Shwe Indein Pagoda, Indein, near Ywama, Inle Lake, Shan State / Bridgeman Images
ID: PFH1774378
Burma / Myanmar: Deva (deity or angel) statue adorning one of the many hundreds of stupas at the Shwe Indein Pagoda, Indein, near Ywama, Inle Lake, Shan State
PFH1774382:
Burma / Myanmar: Peacock statue adorning one of the many hundreds of stupas at the Shwe Indein Pagoda, Indein, near Ywama, Inle Lake, Shan State / Bridgeman Images
ID: PFH1774382
Burma / Myanmar: Peacock statue adorning one of the many hundreds of stupas at the Shwe Indein Pagoda, Indein, near Ywama, Inle Lake, Shan State
PFH1774393:
Indonesia / Netherlands: Victorious Dutch Korps Marechaussee soldiers pose by the bodies of dead Acehnese at Kutah Reh, 1904 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images
ID: PFH1774393
Indonesia / Netherlands: Victorious Dutch Korps Marechaussee soldiers pose by the bodies of dead Acehnese at Kutah Reh, 1904 (b/w photo)
PFH1774401:
Vietnam: Dragon fountain at the back of the Assembly Hall of the Cantonese Chinese Congregation (Quang Trieu), Hoi An / Bridgeman Images
ID: PFH1774401
Vietnam: Dragon fountain at the back of the Assembly Hall of the Cantonese Chinese Congregation (Quang Trieu), Hoi An
PFH1774407:
Vietnam: Assembly Hall of the Cantonese Chinese Congregation (Quang Trieu), Hoi An / Bridgeman Images
ID: PFH1774407
Vietnam: Assembly Hall of the Cantonese Chinese Congregation (Quang Trieu), Hoi An
PFH1774416:
Indonesia / Netherlands: A Dutch resupply convoy from Banda Aceh c. 1900. Aceh War (1873 - 1914) / Bridgeman Images
ID: PFH1774416
Indonesia / Netherlands: A Dutch resupply convoy from Banda Aceh c. 1900. Aceh War (1873 - 1914)
PFH1774426:
Indonesia / Sumatra: Tuanku Raja Ibrahim (centre), Crown Prince of the Kingdom of Aceh, with two bodyguards, 1903. Aceh War (1873 - 1914) / Bridgeman Images
ID: PFH1774426
Indonesia / Sumatra: Tuanku Raja Ibrahim (centre), Crown Prince of the Kingdom of Aceh, with two bodyguards, 1903. Aceh War (1873 - 1914)
PFH1774428:
Indonesia / Sumatra: Two Sumatran kris daggers. Henricus Marinus Neeb, c. 1900. Aceh War (1873 - 1914) / Bridgeman Images
ID: PFH1774428
Indonesia / Sumatra: Two Sumatran kris daggers. Henricus Marinus Neeb, c. 1900. Aceh War (1873 - 1914)